I wish I could open and shut that gate. Then John would not go to the pasture. I should like to go all alone. I think it would be fine.
I take good care of Betty. When any one comes near her, I say, "Bow-wow" very sharply.
—B. E. SPRAGUE.
BRINDLE AND THE PIGEONS.
Brindle is the cow. Tom, the milk-boy, milks her twice every day. He feeds her well both night and morning. I really think Brindle loves him: she seems to do so, any how. One day I saw her put out her great red tongue and lick Tommy on the shoulder and face.